Deadline: 15 December 2023
Contact: Rosamund Paice, Lecturer in English Literature, Northumbria University
Email: rosamund.paice@northumbria.ac.uk
Phone: 07948798977

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Water Works: The Arts of Water Management, 1550–1800

Editors: Dr Rosamund Paice and Dr Claudine van Hensbergen (Northumbria University)

At a time of environmental crisis, it has never been more important to engage with the history of mankind’s exploitation of natural resources. This edited collection of essays will look at water, focusing on the arts of water management through the fields of the arts, cultural history, and the environmental humanities. Our aim is to shed light on the ways in which humans managed water resources in the past, and ask what we can learn today from these histories. Potential contributors are encouraged to consider how examples of water management reflect cultural values and generate cultural meaning, as well as ethical and environmental issues.

Deadline for chapter proposals: 15 December 2023

Details at: https://rosamundpaice.com/waterworks.html

Posted on September 14, 2023